richk

These threads are getting a little old. The price of ANY CAR is set by the laws of supply and demand. When I purchased my first 997GT3RS the price was substantially over MSRP. I have a good friend who is a Ferrari dealer and when the 430 spiders came out they were bringing 50k over MSRP. I asked him if I could get a car at MSRP. His response was...Rich I like you but I don't like you $50,000 worth.

aussie jimmy

l.a. is the place....
never been there, maybe there's a reason.

Terrence

Actually I end up buying most of my cars here in LA because the dealers here end up giving me the best deals. I am a shopper for price, so I do my part in shopping and comparisons. I have called dealers in places like Arizona, Las Vegas, Oregon, etc. They end up being harder to deal with when it comes to rare cars because they have no local competition and also may get very few if any of those cars. Also, they have less incentive to give me something special because i am not a local customer so they will not get any service business and may never get any repeat business on my "normal" car purchases.

mobonic

Pete is as core as they come. hands down

I thought I was hard core until I had the pleasure of meeting him.

TB993tt

That is the race motor, the street 4,3l has been beating the circuits for the last 8 months and has just been announced for street GT3s......apparently it is rather fast


The reconstruction includes a changed crank shaft, oil pump, Titanium rods, piston (2- and/or 3-Ring), cylinder, water boxes, cylinder head preparation and a postprocessing of the crank shaft housing.

Further modifications concern the take in system, the valve drive, that more crookedly and the silencer system.

Through an adaptation undertaken individual at the test bed of the motor electronics on every single motor, the Tuningpaket perfectly is voted. A concluding achievement measurement at the stationary test bed is obligatory.

Later examples are itemized for the attainable achievements for different basis motors:



997 GT3 RS / Straße

Leistung: 393 kW / 534 PS bei 8500 U/min
Drehmoment: 517 Nm bei 5300 U/min
mit serienmäßiger Schalldämpferanlage

911SLOW

^Thanks for the warning, I will stick to my initial plan and not visit them at least for two years..
If I do, I know I 'll pull the trigger.


What's with the Godzilla? courtesy car ? : )

TB993tt

Sensible man......

Yeah....something like that

Targa Tim

Agreed with Rich. Not just cars, everything for sale obey this supply and demand law. But no new cars to me are worth more than MSRP. And no car dealers that I know is worth me paying even $10 more for his service.

Nizer

Theoretically, I don't have a major issue if a dealer wants to try to sell a car above MSRP. I don't like it and have never bought a car above MSRP and never plan to but if they have a customer in line that will pay then more power to them.

On the other hand, I have a major problem with a dealer that commits to a sale and then goes back on their word. I assume that if they lie to me once, they'll do it again. Beyond the ethical breach, it also takes a customer out of the search - in my case for close to 6 months - when they could be sourcing a car from a more reputable dealer. And at the end of the day it just reflects very poorly on the Porsche brand.

I always try to support my local dealer first but due to Porsche's allocation process that almost never works. With my 3.8 RS I was fortunate to find a reputable dealer that played straight-up from start to finish. Unfortunately, they've confirmed that they're not getting a 4.0 RS allocation. So back to square one.

But persistence tends to pay off and I'm onto a solid lead thanks to a fellow forum member. Regardless, I'm confident of finding a car and will post up as soon as everything is confirmed.

Serge944

RSR crank + 105.4mm pistons. The holy grail.